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J. HIGKEY.

SEPARATOR.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1911.

Patented May 21, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATEN orrroa.

JOHN HICKEY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 'IO NATIONAL PIPE IBENDING COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, NECTICUT.

CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF GON- SEPARATOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HIGKEY, of New Haven, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My invention relates to novel and efficient means for separating from steam or other gaseous or vaporous bodies any liquids or solids, such as water, oil and dirt, that may be suspended therein, or carried therewith by pressure or friction.

To this end, my invention is embodied in preferable form in the device hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichletters of reference represent the same parts throughout the several views, and in which,

Figure 1 is an end illustration of the separatbr embodying the invention, Fig. 2, a central vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The main body of the separator is preferably in the form of a shallow cylindrical drum adapted to be secured to a heater or to be used independently and is designated by the numeral 1. The front wall 2 of the device has an inlet port 3, surrounded by an integral flanged coupling 4.

Projecting from the rear surface of the wall 2 and offset therefrom by means of the angle flange 5 (surrounding the port 3 except on the lower side) so as to be spaced a short distance from the port 3 is a vertically depending baffle plate 6. This plate extends from a short distance above the inlet port to a point a considerable distance below the lower edge of the port. Its width is greater than the diameter of the inlet port, but less than the width of the body of the separator.

It is usually the case with a current of mixed steam and liquids that the liquid or liquids are not thoroughly mixed with the vapor, but a part thereof tends to descend to the bottom of the conduit and to flow along the bottom. In my invention, this lower, heavier portion of the current is initially interrupted or deflected, so as to separate the heavier liquid or solid contents Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1911.

Patented May 21, 1912. Serial No. 624,137.

of the fluid body therefrom preliminary to the separation of the more intimately mixed suspended particles. To this end, the plate 6 is provided with an opening 7 therethrough, preferably of substantially the same area as the inlet port but disposed eccentrically with respect to said inlet port, as shown, or otherwise so formed relative to the inlet port as to provide an interrupting port-ion 8 extending above the level of the lower edge of the inlet port. By this arrangement as the current of steam enters the inlet port, the lower, heavier particles of water or oil will strike against the portion 8 of the deflecting or baflie plate and be deflected downwardly through the opening 91 in the angle 5 into a lower colleoting and drainage chamber 9. The main body of the current of steam or other vapor or gas, which is lighter than the lower part, will pass through the opening 7 and impinge against a main transverse baffle plate 10 projecting from the top of the separator body downwardly. This baffle plate 10 extends across the separator body, and thus interrupts the flow of the current from the inlet to the outlet. A rearwardly inclined bottom flange 11 joins the lower edge of this baflie plate 10 with the interior surface of the rear wall 12 of the separator. A drainage and drip opening 13 is formed in this flange.

The baflle plate 10 is provided on its front face with a series of projecting vertical ribs 14: which tend to prevent the lateral movement of water or oil impinging on baffle plate 10. The transverse baffle plate 10 is also provided with a series of ports 15 therethrough establishing communication between the bafliing and separating chamber 16 and the purified-vapor-receiving chamber 17 at the rear of the baflle plate. These ports are disposed in a curve, no one being in direct line with the port 7. Communicating with each port 15 is a baffling and steam conveying member extending longitudinally of the separator and comprising a tubular portion 18 immediately joining the edge of the port, and a semi-tubular or concavo-convex portion 19 extending from the front wall to the front end of the tube 18. Each of these semi-tubular portions has its front end substantially closed by the front wall of the separator and its convexity .is disposed toward the center of the separator so that the deflected body of steam or other vapor will be forced to travel over and around these portions before reaching a clear passage to the tubes which lead to the ports. It will be seen that these members extend at right angles to the transverse plate 6, and hence constitute battling means adapted to interrupt any particles of water or oil in the current of steam or vapor laterally deflected to the edge of the plate. An outlet 20 leads from the chamber 17 and is surrounded by a flanged coupling head 21. The bottom of the chamber 9 is provided with a suitable drainage outlet 22, whereby the oil and water may be drawn off.

The operation of the device is as follows: I

The steam or other vapor or gas carrying mixed with it the water or oil, or both, enters the inlet 3 from a suitable source of live or exhaust steam or other vaporous or gaseous matter to be treated. The lower, heavier particles of the liquid and solid bodies carried by the current of vapor will strike against the projecting part 8 of the deflector plate 6, deflecting said particles into the chamber 9. The main body of the current of vapor continues through the aperture 7 and strikes against the baffle plate 10, thus checking or deflecting the stream of vapor and causing the liquid oil and water carried in suspension by the steam or other vapor to be caught on the battle plate and carried down into the chamber 9. The steam is then deflected toward the exit ports, and passes over the ribs 14:, which further baflle the steam and prevent the released water and oil from being carried toward the ports. The steam or other vapor is prevented from directly entering the ports 15 by means of the tubular portions 18, and must pass back toward the front of the separator, and is then forced to travel over the curved walls of the concavo-convex baffle portions 19 until it reaches the outer edges thereof, whereupon it may pass freely through the ports 15 substantially separated from the oil and moisture. The arrangement of the partly tubular and partly semitubular or concavo-convex and batlle conducting members with the convexity of the walls of said semi-tubular parts inward insures a battling action against the steam current in the laterally deflected movement of the latter, as well as in the straight forward movement thereof, thus causing an effectual separation of the liquids from the steam. The tubular parts of the members also cause a return movement of the current upon its path and thus produce a zigzag travel of the steam, further adding to the effectiveness of the separation.

It is clear that various changes in the details of the apparatus may be made without departing from the principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is

1. A fluid separator having inlet and outlet ports, battle means betwen said ports extending substantially at right angles to the path between the latter and interrupting the direct flow of fluid, said baflle means affording outlets at the sides of the separator, and battle means associated with said outlets and comprising members open at the side and substantially closed at their front ends by the front wall of the separator; sub stantially as described.

2. A fluid separator having inlet and outlet ports, battle means extending substantially at right angles to the line or path between said ports and having an imperforate port-ion in said line and outlets offset from said line, and baflle means comprising members located adjacent and in front of the aforesaid outlets said members being open at the side and substantially closed at their front ends by the front wall of the separator; substantially as described.

3. A fluid separator having a baffle plate in a plane at right angles to the flow of the fluid and extending across the separator, and having ports therethrough, and hollow baffling members extending from said plate and substantially closed at their front ends by the front wall of the separator,substantially as described.

4. A fluid separator having a transverse battle with side outlets, and battle members extending longitudinally adjacent said out lets and formed of hollow bodies closed at their front ends and open at the sides farthest from the center of said transverse baffle; substantially as described.

5. A fluidseparator having inlet and outlet ports, a transverse baffle plate having a port therethrough out of the line of said first named ports, and a semi-tubular member extending from the front wall of the separator to interrupt the flow of fluid toward said last named port and having its convexity inward, substantially as described.

6. A fluid separator having inlet and outlet ports, a transverse baffle plate between said ports having a series of ports near its edge, and ooncavo-convex members to interrupt the flow of fluid to the respective last named ports, extending parallel to the entering direction of the fluid, and having their convex sides disposed toward the center of the separator, substantially as de= scribed.

7. A fluid separator having a transverse battle with side outlets, and baffle members extending longitudinally adjacent said outlets and formed of hollow bodies open only at the sides farthest from the center of said transverse baflle; substantially as described.

8. A fluid separator having a transverse baflie With ports offset from the direct path of the fluid current, and means intermediate the impact receiving portion of said baffle and said ports for deflecting the current back toward the separator entrance, said means comprising hollow bodies secured to and partially closed by the front Wall of the separator; substantially as described.

9. A fluid separator having a transverse battle plate having ports therethrough near the outer edge thereof, tubular longitudinally extending members joining at their inner ends said ports and open at their other ends, and concavo-convex members carried by the open ends of the respective tubular members substantially as described.

10. A fluid separator having a transverse baffie plate having ports therethrough and having fluid bafliing and conveying mem- .at the other bers at right angles to said plate and communicating With said ports and each comprising a tubular portion and a semi-tubu lar portion, substantially as described.

11. A fluid separator having a transverse bafitle plate, and having ports at the side of the plate and fluid baffling and conveying members communicating With said ports and each comprising a front concavo-convex portion With its convexity inwardly disposed and a rear tubular portion joining the concavo-convex portion at one end and a port end, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the 28th day of April, 1911.

JOHN HIOKEY.

Witnesses:

THOMAS HEWEs, SAMUEL H. FISHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

